Introduction

Today's sermon is sponsored by Dr. Tanika Johnson at the North Carolina Eye, ears, nose and throat, Lasix surgery. I'm going to start off this morning by reading a verse that is really on the surface, very negative. But before I do, I want to tell you that the backdrop of this verse is really positive. Ephesians 2-1 says that we as a race are dead in our sins. The backdrop of that verse is actually very, very positive because it is that God created us good. Because we were created in God's image, we are capable of extraordinary acts of goodness, and courage, and kindness, and love.